Attached is a simple patch to the makefile line that builds "convert".
It explicitly includes libcom_err, which is implicitly pulled in by
libext2fs. This fixes a what is called "underlinking" in this blog
post:
http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/11/26/it-s-not-all-gold-that-shines-why-underlinking-is-a-bad-thing
Apparently, this condition causes links to fail using the "gold link
editor", and it can cause future library version incompatibilities to
not be detected (so that affected programs can be rebuilt).
-Joe
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--- btrfs-progs-0.19/Makefile~ 2011-06-05 10:21:04.000000000 -0600
+++ btrfs-progs-0.19/Makefile 2011-06-05 10:21:46.000000000 -0600
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ quick-test: $(objects) quick-test.o
gcc $(CFLAGS) -o quick-test $(objects) quick-test.o $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
convert: $(objects) convert.o
- gcc $(CFLAGS) -o btrfs-convert $(objects) convert.o -lext2fs $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+ gcc $(CFLAGS) -o btrfs-convert $(objects) convert.o -lext2fs -lcom_err $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
ioctl-test: $(objects) ioctl-test.o
gcc $(CFLAGS) -o ioctl-test $(objects) ioctl-test.o $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
